How Tenn. police tracked down the missing 4-year-old NC girl at center of Amber Alert
How Tenn. police tracked down the missing 4-year-old NC girl at center of Amber Alert By WECT Staff | February 25, 2021 at 3:20 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 7:40 PM
BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (WECT) - A fateful stop at a Nashville McDonaldâs led to a chain of events that helped Tennessee law enforcement find a missing four-year-old Brunswick County girl at the center of Wednesdayâs nationwide Amber Alert.
Just before 6:30 a.m., the Brunswick County Sheriffâs Office issued a Silver Alert for Elijah Muhammad McFarland, 37, and said he told family members that he was taking his daughter, Aubrey McFarland, to California. An Amber Alert would be issued for Aubrey later that afternoon.
Amber alert canceled for missing four-year-old girl By WECT Staff | February 24, 2021 at 5:22 AM EST - Updated February 24 at 7:31 PM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Aubrey McFarland, the four-year-old Brunswick County girl who was allegedly abducted by her father on Wednesday, has been found safe in the Nashville area, according to officials with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.
The BCSO public information officer tweeted, “Special thanks to Nashville Metro PD who assisted with locating the vehicle, Doug Atwood, an off duty officer heading home when he assisted, and a wonderful citizen who saw something, and said something! She is a true hero!”